Bamboo fly rod

Under split cane fishing rods is understood from the nature bamboo material, which are still used in fly fishing.

To produce bamboo is preferred from the Chinese province of Tonkin. Specifically, the bamboo Arundinaria amabilis, which now Pseudosasa amabilis is called, is suitable for this purpose.

One of the first steps of the bamboo is cleaved in longitudinal direction and thus divided into individual splices. The blank ( the bare rod without guides and the like) is generally produced from six splicing, which are glued together permanently. There are variations which are made ​​up of four different individual from up to 18 splices. The individual splices to be placed by means of a hand plane in the desired shape, wherein the shape of a dial indicator is set.

Compared to fishing from modern carbon fiber (CF ) split cane have the advantage that they do not respond to breakage to blows. A split cane must not weigh more than a carbon fiber rod, through the hollow splicing are also low weights to achieve. Also the prejudice that a split cane need a lot of care is not correct, it is wiped only after fishing and kept dry. Over longer periods split cane should be kept hanging in the sheath or standing in the open rod tube. Split cane need not be more expensive than carbon fiber rods.